Questions tagged [averaging]
Averaging is a signal processing technique applied in the time domain, intended to increase the strength of a signal relative to noise that is obscuring it.
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Exponential weighted moving average time constant
I think it is an easy question but I am stuck.
I want to derive that $$ \alpha = -e^{\frac{-T}{\tau}}\,. $$
Can someone provide me with an answer?
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Larger FFT vs multiple averaged FFTs for detecting small CW signals
I am writing an SDR application which searches for CW signals at various predefined frequencies. Currently, the radio tunes to the appropriate LO frequency and calculates a number of FFTs to produce ...
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Time synchronous averaging - MATLAB
I have a time domain signal that corresponds to a vibration signal of a machine. I have a second signal that corresponds to a tachometer signal (There is a pulse every one revolution of the shaft).
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Allan deviation to determine averaging time
Thanks in advance for the help. I don't post on here often, so I hope I can convey my question properly.
I think I understand what the Allan deviation (same as IEEE Allan variance?) does. You take a ...
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Averaging data from 2 sensors
Suppose we take a reading of a single rotating axis using 2 identical sensors. Intuitively, I think that averaging the outputs of both sensors will yield a less noisy result. But what if sensor A has ...
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Does the determination of the ergodicity of a signal force any changes in methodology?
In mathematics, the term ergodic is used to describe a dynamical system which, broadly speaking, has the same behavior averaged over time as averaged over space. -from wikipedia
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How to average coherences estimated using Welch's method in MATLAB
I'm trying to estimate the average coherence of discontinuous snippets of a signal in MATLAB. For Welch's spectrum estimates, the following works:
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Averaging of a phase flipping signal
Suppose I want to average a signal $s(t)$ which consists of several spectral components without any DC offset. I sample $M$ points in the time domain. I am interested in the power spectrum which I get ...
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Slow sampling of signal and averaging over n periods
Can one in theory achieve as high accuracy as needed by sampling a sinusoidal signal over n Periods? Is there a formula that connects the signal frequency (f), sampling frequency (fs), periods (P) and ...
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What is the intuition of "averaging is a low pass filter"?
As I know, the shape of a low pass filter in time and frequency are as follow:
But how averaging work like a normal function in time domain?
Is there any intuition in it?
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Usefulness of Allan deviation with DC signals
This is a follow-up question to Allan deviation to determine averaging time
I was under the impression that with DC signals I couldn't capture or average a signal forever to get better SNR, because of ...
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